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H. BELMONT.

Wheel Cultivator.

No. 110,109. Patented Dec. 13, 1870.

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Be it known that I, HENRY BELMONT, of Romford, in the county of Essex, England, V have invented an Improved Machine or Appaf f' ratus for Tilling or Cultivating; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the principle orcharacter which distinguishes it from all other things before known, and of the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the same.

' This invention consists in the construction of an improved machine or apparatus for tilling or cultivating, by which the land is dug, broken up, plowed, harrowed, and rolled, the machine being also applicable for digging or excavating land for other purposes.

To make my invention better understood, I will proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, Sheet 1, is ahalfplan, Fig. 2 aside elevation, and Fig. 3, Sheet'2, a back eleva- I tion, of my improved machine or apparatus; Fig. 4, Sheet 2, transverse section of same.

on the crank-axles I) b, so as to turn with them. These axles carry in suitable bearingssuch as that shown in Fig. 5-a wooden frame, 0 c. \Vith'in the arms of the axles is suspended a second and smaller frame, (Z d, also made of wood, and furnished with cross-bars d, as shown.

r Fig. 6 shows the elevation of the bearing I prefer to employ for suspending the frame (I d. The bearing is hinged at one end, so that one half may be raised when the frame is to be de :tached from or applied to the axles. The cross-bars of the frame (Z (I carry a number of strong forks, f f f f, (or picks, spades, or other suitablediggingimplementsmay be employed.) The handles of these forks pass through holes in the crossbars, and are cut with a screwthread, so that they may be fixed and adjusted by nuts at top and bottom.

At the back of the machine or apparatus are a number of cutters or colters, h h h h. They are made hollow, of wrought or cast iron, with a sole-plate and a cutting-edge, 88, at the sides, and are fitted with wooden pieces h h h h, by which they are fixed, by means of bolts, to the end-board 0, attached to the frame by pins, as shown, or by other suitable means, so that it may be easily removed when required. The eolters maybe made of wood cov- I employ two pairs of wheels, to a, mounted forksf f, by means of the crar.kaxles, to be PATENT @FHQE.

HENRY BELMONT, OF ROMFORD, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT 5N MACHINES FOR TILLING OR CULTI VATING.

Specification forming part of Lettcrs Patent No. ERGJOQ. daied December 13, 1870.

n n is a harrow, fixed by bolts between the side pieces, 0 0, of the frame, and p is a roller, (shown in dotted lines,) which may be used, if required, when the colters are not in use.

The machine is drawn by horses drafted by the hooks q q, or otherwise; and for turningI employ a lilting-jack, by which the front of the machine is raised, and the rod is, furnished with a fiat piece, k, at the bottom, is screwed down, and the lifting-jack isthen placed at the back under the bar a to raise the machine, when the side rods, Z Z, carrying the small wheels at m, may be lowered, and the main wheels of the machine being thus raised a short distance from the ground, the machine can be turned easily. The side wheels, m m, are kept in position by pins or bolts passing through their rods.

By this improved machine it will be seen that each turn of the wheels will cause the forced into and brought out of the ground, digging and breaking it up thoroughly, it being necessary to go twiceover the ground, as the forks only act on the ground during half a revolution of the wheels. In this second labor the harrow n and'shares h h h h are, if required, applied to the machine for harrowing or colleering the weeds and plowing the ground; or the roller is applied in lieu of the eolter-shares if the ground is to be rolled. The vertical cutting or digging being first performed, the ultimate furrowing is effected with comparative ease.

Then the machine is to be moved without working, I employ a pair of wheels, the axle of which supports the back of the frame carrying the forks, which is detached from the crank axles, and the front of the frame is supported I' claim isi 2 E INLMN) If the frame carrying the forks, theharrow, the colter-shares, and roller is removed, the large frame will serve to receive the body of a cart, which could be used for agricultural and other purposes.

I would observe that by making the circumference of the main wheels (6 (a of the same dimension as the length of the frame (I, carrying the forks, it would not be necessary to go twice over the ground; but Iprei'er the dimensions shown in the drawings.

Instead of wooden wheels, I sometimes en1 ploy solid cast-iron wheels, especially for small machines.

Having now described my invention, what 1. An improved cultivating or digging machine constructed substantially as described.

having a number of strong forks, f /"f f, fixed in a frame, (Z, which is suspended within an I other frame, 0, upon the arms of crank-axles l b I) of carriage-wheels a, arranged so that at each turn of the wheels with the machine moving; forward the forks f f are, by means of the affixed my seal this 3d day of June, in the year 7 of our Lord 1870.

HENRY BELUIONT.

\Vitnesses:

Vi. A. GILBEE, G. F. REDFERN. 

